APtravelnews-Key West, -FL .-3/20/15-“Bob and Barb On The Road Again”-After having lived in the Florida Keys for more than 30-years and remembering the times when getting on the one-lane section of the US-1 Overseas Hwy was “a breeze in the Keys”, we are now wondering if getting on the highway will still remain a “breeze”, or turn into a hurricane now that Cuba is opening up to tourism. This post is not a rant about Cuba, (actually, we can’t wait to take the ferry, we love great Cuban food, true Cuban locals to talk to, and sport fishing-no politics!)  just about plain common sense re-evaluating  how in the world a one lane road to Key West from the southern most part of Key Largo, 190-miles on a single lane each way,  is still going to work now?

If the Federal Government expects everyone from now on, that hopes to get to Key West for business or pleasure, driving 50-miles per hour over 43-bridges (yeah, I counted them for my book “43-Bridges to The Florida Keys”} will not be doing 20-miles per hour! What I see and I am the first to write about this, the Overseas Highway will need to be widened to two lanes running both ways into and out of the Keys. I’ll leave this to my readers about costs, safety as in how to get out of Keys in a hurricane or other natural and unnatural disaster. All the way around, the costs are humongous, to say the least! No problem, the way this gov is spending, they’ll print some more! Regardless, once work begins on the highway, you might as well stay home. As it is the Keys is getting over done in so many ways. Used to be able to buy a home there, now better be a millionaire,  never got really ripped at motels and marinas for anything, fishing captain, hotel, motel, (restaurants are still somewhat reasonable and great for seafoods) the diving is still good, but no need to go past Key Largo, the best buys for tourists in the keys is Key Largo only an hour from Miami!